8 April 2021 In the climate model I unveiled last year, I rated 90 countries' vulnerability to climate change. The United States ranked a disappointing #20 (my blog "Climate Change: Who's Preparing, Who's Not" can found be on my website). President Biden intends to change that. Indeed, spending to mitigate the impact of rising global [...]
31 August 2020 The Republican and Democratic conventions are over, and the US election campaign will shift into high gear. Surely, climate change will be one of the most important topics for the US electorate to consider. Democratic candidate Joe Biden wants America to become net-carbon neutral by 2050, and to eliminate the use of [...]
14 June 2020 The Covid pandemic, understandably, has replaced the climate debate in the headlines. However, the impact of rising global temperatures will be the most important macro-issue facing investors in coming decades. Reflecting the topic's importance, ESG investing (emphasising environmental, social, and governance factors) has expanded significantly in recent years. Sadly, the ESG sector [...]
3 June 2020 In my last blog Post-Covid: Crucial Decade for Climate Change, I suggested that in the post-Covid period, Climate Change would reassert itself as the most important macro-issue. And, if the world is to have any chance of attaining the objectives of the Paris Climate Accord, dramatic reductions in the level of carbon [...]